Chapter-3

A Chapter by catwoman

The sound of the alarm clock awoke Kate.She had decided to walk to school from that day on, She got up and took a shower and got dressed for school, She walked to the dining room. Her mother was already there, having her breakfast.

"Why are you up so early?"she asked

"I am going to walk to school from now on"

"I know you reached late yesterday but that is hardly any reason for you to decide to walk through an unfamiliar road all by yourself,"

"If I'm going to school, I am going alone."

"But take at least Mr Simmons with-" but seeing her daughter's resolute face clouding with anger, she pursued the subject no further."How was you first day of school? When I came you were already asleep so I couldn't ask. My work place couldn't be more agreeable and-" she went on about her work.

Her mother prattling on about her work was nothing new and she did love hearing about it, but today she neither cared about it nor wanted to hear about it. She got up abruptly and took her bag and went out of the house, saying nothing but a quick bye.

As she walked through the snow covered ground, she couldn't help but feel calm. She ,now, felt bad about her behavior towards her mother and made up her mind to make up for it, She walked slowly towards her school taking in the beauty of her surroundings.

She was one of the first to reach and she chose her place at the back of the class, She soon started drawing the scenery outside the window when suddenly a group of girls came up towards her.

The tallest amongst them said-"Get out of our seat."

Kate wasn't up for a fight and she knew she wouldn't stand a chance and so she took her bag and was about to move away when one of them pulled away the book in which she was drawing and said-

"Hey, did you draw this" she asked. Kate nodded. The girl immediately tore it and her friends started snickering. Kate looked at them angrily.

"Now, move your a*s out of my place," the girl said and she shoved Kate. She fell against a desk

Kate knew she couldn't do anything and so she moved to a new place.

"Yeah, you better move"one of them yelled at her.

The rest of the the day was similar to the one before. She was really depressed towards the end of the day and ran out of school when the final bell rang.

She was still angry from the incident in the morning. As she walked back towards her house, she couldn't help but feel the need to walk into the forest, which looked ever so beautiful and welcoming in contrast to everything else there.She did not pause to consider the possibility that she may get lost. She walked for a while. Each step she took made her feel so serene.She finally saw a break in the darkness of the trees, She walked towards it. What she saw,took her breath away. She had reached the edge of the cliff overlooking a river beyond which lay a forest. She couldn't help but feel happiness beyond reckoning. She took a step closer towards the edge.

"What do you think you're doing?"came a voice behind her.

Kate jumped and would have lost her balance and fell, had it not been for the strong hands which caught her. She looked up at the stranger. He was a very tall man. He had cold grey eyes which appeared to pierce into her soul. His face was very rugged. She couldn't help but stare into his eyes but he soon released her and took a step back. She quickly looked away, embarrassed.

"What are you doing here?"he asked in a rough voice

"I was just looking around"she stammered

"Well, play times over and you can now leave. Find another place to kill yourself"he said in an arrogant voice

"I shall do as I please. It was you who sneaked up on me and made me lose my balance." she said, angered by the man's condescending tone.

"I did not sneak up on you and as I was saying, go away now."

"The uh-"she was lost for words to retort to the stranger's rudeness. She swiftly moved past him though she had no idea in which way to move.

"Where do you think you're going?"he called after her

"Wherever I please"she replied

"Do you have any idea where you're going, child?"he said in an irritated tone. She could feel him moving towards her.

"Why do you even care?I know where I'm going. You leave me alone"she said trying to move faster so as to lose him.

He caught her hand and pulled her. "This is not a place to play. There're many pits here."he said.

"I am not playing. Let me go" she said angrily, trying to twist out of his grip. He was way to strong for her and he was soon leading the way, pulling her along the way. They soon reached a trail. He let go of her hand and said -"Now you can thank me and and follow the trail. Don't venture to go to places that you know not of."

"I have no reason to thank you.I knew my way and I shall do whatever I wish"she said angrily and walked away before he could say anything.

She soon reached the road and made her way home. She kept replaying the incident in her mind and felt angry when she thought of the audacity of the man. What right did he have to tell her to leave and why did she even listen to him?

She reached her house. She studied for awhile and waited for her mother to come. As it soon grew dark, she decided to sleep.

She fell asleep and soon her mind whirled through many a faces and finally rested on the coldest grey eyes she had ever seen.

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Eddie Davis

Since chapter 2 seems to have been misplaced, I'm not sure I can review chapter 3 yet, but the ending felt very abrupt and perhaps unfinished. You are doing very well developing the story line, just make sure you check your punctuation and capitalization. "hey, did you draw this" she asked should be: "Hey, did you draw this?" She asked.